ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County’s tourism tax coffers are slowing filling again more than six months since coronavirus closures first impacted the county’s theme parks, hotels and tourism as a whole but with Florida now lifting most COVID-19 capacity restriction, there is uncertainty of what that could mean for the state’s lower coronavirus numbers.Tourism development tax dollars collected from hotel stays in Orange County were down 71% in August compared to the same time last year due to coronavirus closures and layoffs, Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond said Monday.
The county collected more than $5.7 million in TDT taxes in August, an increase by about 6% from July.[TRENDING: DeSantis to lift restaurant limits in Fla. | Here’s.